CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and
SALT LAKE CITY, July 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Akamai
Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading provider of cloud
services for delivering, optimizing and securing online content and
business applications, and MobileRider, the leader in smart
streaming solutions, today announced joint efforts to deliver "The
Rant Is Due," a first-of-its kind, live, interactive comedy event
featuring comedian Lewis Black. As
part of the performance, Black will accept improvisational topic
suggestions while on stage from audience members in attendance as
well as watching the live stream from around the world.
"We're taking improv to frightening new heights by opening the
floor to audiences quite literally anywhere in the world," said
Benjamin Brewer, Executive Producer
for Stark Raving Black, Lewis
Black's production company. "We've experimented with this
idea on a smaller scale, allowing in-person audience members to
push suggestions to us backstage through a smartphone app; but it
wasn't until we saw what MobileRider and Akamai brought to the
table that we had the confidence to attempt to execute this kind of
performance on a global level."
To help produce the unique event, Black's production team
selected the MobileRider platform, which incorporates Akamai's
cloud-based content delivery, media storage and analytics services.
The combination of MobileRider and Akamai forms a live streaming
solution that can allow viewers worldwide to enjoy the performance
in high-quality video optimized for the connected device of their
choice.
"As an Akamai Certified Channel Partner, doing business with
MobileRider automatically means our customers have access to
the scale and reach Akamai's Intelligent Platform, the world's
largest content delivery network and robust analytics," said
Noah Hollander, Chief Operating
Officer, MobileRider. "Coupled with MobileRider's robust online
video platform and live webcasting expertise, we can help deliver
reliable, stutter- and buffering-free video, creating highly
engaging and enjoyable events such as 'Lewis Black's: The Rant Is
Due.'"
MobileRider's FanConnect solution is enabling the real-time
engagement between Black and viewers, tying in to the MobileRider
platform to deliver high-quality streaming video through Black's
branded portal. Fans can communicate and send improv suggestions
directly to Black's tablet through the portal, the audience HTML5
app and Twitter.
"MobileRider's work with Lewis
Black is a great example of an Akamai partner leveraging our
solutions to execute on innovative business models," said
Brad Rinklin, Chief Marketing
Officer, Akamai. "MobileRider has created a well-deserved name for
itself in helping well-known artists and brands to successfully
deliver important, high-profile events online to viewers around the
world across devices and screens of all types."
"Lewis Black's: The Rant Is Due"
is streaming live from the Napa
Valley Opera House in Napa,
Calif., July 11th
and 12th, and is available for free to members of the
official Lewis Black Fan Club. Weekend passes are also available
for purchase.
About MobileRider:
MobileRider's mission is to provide businesses with enterprise
class SMART-STREAMING-SOLUTIONS. MobileRider offers event owners a
complete set of hardware, software, encoding CDN and satellite
solutions to share their events from anywhere to anyone,
everywhere. Founded in 2006, Mobilerider LLC is headquartered in
Salt Lake City, UT. Please visit
www.mobilerider.com and follow @Mobilerider on Twitter.
About Akamai:
Akamai® is the leading provider of cloud services for
delivering, optimizing and securing online content and business
applications. At the core of the Company's solutions is the Akamai
Intelligent Platform™ providing extensive reach, coupled with
unmatched reliability, security, visibility and expertise. Akamai
removes the complexities of connecting the increasingly mobile
world, supporting 24/7 consumer demand, and enabling enterprises to
securely leverage the cloud. To learn more about how Akamai is
accelerating the pace of innovation in a hyperconnected world,
please visit www.akamai.com or blogs.akamai.com, and follow @Akamai
on Twitter.
About Stark Raving Black Productions:
Stark Raving Black Productions was founded to support
Lewis Black and other top comedic
talent in the production and distribution of original programming,
unfettered by outside or limiting forces. The Grammy Award winning
Production Company strives to directly connect artists with their
fans in unique and fun ways. By removing as many of the
often-stifling filters from the "business of comedy" as possible,
Stark Raving Black Productions is working to put the focus on
comedy in the daily fan/artist discussion.
To learn more about Lewis Black
and Stark Raving Black Productions, please visit us at,
www.lewisblack.com or www.lewisblackfanclub.com, and follow
@thelewisblack on twitter
Contacts:
|
|
Chris
Nicholson
|
Tom Barth
|
Media
Relations
|
Investor
Relations
|
617-444-2987
|
617-274-7130
|
cnichols@akamai.com |
tbarth@akamai.com
|
Logo -
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100225/AKAMAILOGO
SOURCE Akamai Technologies, Inc.